FORT WORTH, TX– The oldest zoo in Texas, the Fort Worth Zoo was founded in 1909 with one lion, two bear cubs, an alligator, a coyote, a peacock and a few rabbits. From these humble beginnings, the Zoo has grown into a nationally ranked facility, housing more than 5,000 native and exotic animals. Public reaction to the Zoo's renaissance has been tremendous, making the Fort Worth Zoo one of the most popular attractions in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. The Zoo has been ranked as a top zoo in the nation by Family Life magazine, the Los Angeles Times and USA Today, one of the top zoos in the South by Southern Living Reader's Choice Awards, and named the number one attraction in the Dallas/ Fort Worth Metroplex by Zagat Survey U.S. Family Travel Guide.

The Forum Science & Environment was founded in 1985 in Vienna by the evolutionary epistemologist Rupert Riedl and other Austrian scientists who opposed the construction of a hydropower plant in the floodplain forests along the Danube east of Vienna near the city of Hainburg. Today about 250 scientists work free of charge and independently for the Forum's agenda, which aims to realise the sustainable development of our environment and society. They deliver expert opinions and comments on environmental concerns to political authorities, release press statements, organise public events together with NGOs and arrange expert discussions within the scientific community.

The Foundation for Women's Health, Research and Development - FORWARD - is an international non-governmental organisation (NGO) that works to advance and protect the sexual and reproductive health and human rights of African girls and women. FORWARD works to promote action to bring about positive social change to enhance the well being and protect the dignity of African girls and women globally. FORWARD is committed to eliminating harmful gender-based discriminatory practices that violate the sexual and reproductive health and rights of girls and women, such as female genital mutilation (FGM) and child marriage.

Are you aware that many foster children arrive at their new placements with nothing but the clothes on their backs or with their belongings in a black rubbish sack? We want these children to know that someone out there cares about them. We make up kits to be given to children when they are removed from their homes, with a backpack and a carry all bag containing hygiene products and some items that will show them they are loved, like books or soft toys.

Since its founding in 1971, the Foundation Fighting Blindness (FBB) has been dedicated to funding innovative research to find preventions, treatments, and cures for inherited retinal degenerative diseases that lead to blindness and affect more than 10 million people in the United States. FFB currently funds over 151 research studies at 80 prominent research institutions and eye hospitals worldwide, including 18 dedicated research centers, 15 of which are located within the United States. In order to achieve our mission, we fund pioneering research in a comprehensive program that includes: cell biology, drug delivery, clinical & pre-clinical study, genetics, gene therapy, retinal cell transplantation, retinal implants and pharmaceutical and nutritional therapies.

The Foundation Fighting Blindness is a Canadian health charity that was founded in 1974 by a small group of families intent on finding a cure for the disease robbing their children of sight. At that time retinitis pigmentosa, macular degeneration and other retinal dystrophies were thought to be incurable. Undaunted, these families enlisted the support of Canada's leading medical scientists and set to work collecting money for vision research. From these humble beginnings, The Foundation Fighting Blindness has grown to become Canada's leading private supporter of retina research, having given more than $16 million to groundbreaking eye research taking place at universities and hospitals across the country.

Nearly 50 years on from simple beginnings, our commitment to providing quality care and services to older people in a manner consistent with Christian values, continues to be our charter. We continue to "create communities of Christian care", integrating elements of Christian faith in to everything we do. Anglican Retirement Villages (ARV) has steadily developed and grown since its inception and now provides a wide choice of accommodation and service options to over 6000 residents and clients. ARV now owns and manages 22 Seniors Living operations and has two major projects under construction, with more in planning and development across the greater Sydney region. Our focus is practical care and service provided to older people, but it is founded on the same Christian motivation.

Foundation for Children in Need was founded by Tom Chitta and Geetha Yeruva in 2002 in Arlington Heights, Illinois, USA. It is a not-for-profit organization that provides help to the needy children, college students and elderly in the rural villages of India. FCN also addresses in a small way various needs such as medical care, health education, women development and others. FCN is sponsoring nearly 2000 children and college students and 50 elderly. FCN has established several schools, few boarding homes for boys and girls, St. Xavier’s home for the Aged, Sneha community health center and training for women serving the needy in rural areas of India.

The Foundation for Children with Cancer is a non-profit organization that focuses on providing support for children throughout their cancer treatment. Our goal is to allow these children to experience the amount of normality in their everyday life that they deserve. Foundation for Children with Cancer was created in 1998 to help support families of children who have been diagnosed with cancer. Our goals include: celebrating the importance of family in the lives of a child with cancer; educating others about the impact of having a child diagnosed with cancer; and honoring the unique journey that each child takes when they are diagnosed with cancer.

The Foundation for Contemporary Research (FCR) was started by academics at the University of the Western Cape (UWC) and the erstwhile Peninsula Technikon (Pentech)who wanted to support civic struggle against apartheid in the late 1980s. During its early years FCR mobilised civic struggle against the discredited local government system of the apartheid government around issues such as evictions, whilst simultaneously assisting community organisations and activists to prepare themselves for the possibility of becoming new local government actors with the demise of apartheid. FCR focuses its work on poverty alleviation, particularly in the Western Cape Province.

PHG Foundation grew out of the Public Health Genetics Unit, which was established with public funding in 1997 and pioneered the concepts of 'public health genomics' in the UK. Today we have an international reputation as leaders in the field, with connections in the health, research and policy communities in the UK, Europe, North America, the Far East and Australasia. In May 2007 we launched the Foundation as an independent not-for-profit research and development organisation, dedicated to making biomedical science work for health in populations around the world. We identify and promote the most beneficial opportunities for biomedical innovation to improve health and tackle disease. Our Foundation develops and promotes models and capacities for the effective mainstreaming of biomedical innovation into improved clinical and public health policies and practices.

Jean Weingarten Peninsula Oral School for the Deaf in Redwood City is a not-for-profit, state accredited non-public school teaching deaf children to listen, think and talk through intensive speech/language therapy and the development of listening skills. Established in 1967, our program focuses on the development of auditory, language, speech and cognitive skills in children with hearing aids and cochlear implants. We are dedicated to meeting the needs of deaf and hard of hearing children and their families.

The Foundation for Human Rights is one of the primary indigenous grant-makers to the Human Rights sector in South Africa. Established in 1996 through a cooperation agreement between the European Union and the South African government. The Foundation uses a rights-based approach in addressing poverty and inequality. This means that its grantees should adopt an approach which ensures that priority be given to the most vulnerable groups in society, especially the poor, through participation, accountability, non-discrimination and direct linkages to the rights as set out in the Constitution. The aim of the Foundation is to address the historical legacy of Apartheid, support the transformation of South Africa and to build a human rights culture, using the Constitution of South Africa as a tool.

The Foundation for Human Rights Initiative (FHRI) is an independent, non-governmental, non-partisan and not-for-profit human rights organization established in December 1991. It seeks to remove impediments to democratic development and meaningful enjoyment of the fundamental freedoms enshrined in the 1995 Uganda Constitution and other internationally recognized human rights instruments. FHRI has successfully implemented a number of strategic plans since its inception. Each of these strategic plans has undertaken research, monitoring, documentation and advocacy on a variety of human rights issues; published human rights literature; has conducted workshops and seminars on basic law, human rights and related subjects; have advocated for penal reform, legislative reform and judicial independence; and have undertaken campaigns for better administration of justice and respect for the rights of vulnerable groups of people such as the internally displaced people, children, minority, disabled and women through prison visits, training, dialogue and policy analysis.

FIRE effectively and decisively defends American liberties on behalf of thousands of students and faculty on our nation's campuses. In case after case, FIRE brings about favorable resolutions for these individuals who continue to be challenged by those willing to deny fundamental rights and liberties within our institutions of higher education. In addition to individual case work, FIRE works nationally to inform the public about the fate of liberty on our campuses. FIRE's work to protect fundamental rights on campus concentrates on four areas: freedom of speech and expression; religious liberty and freedom of association; freedom of conscience; and due process and legal equality on campus. Ultimately, FIRE seeks to end the debilitating fatalism that paralyzes students and faculty by bringing public attention to the issue while providing protection to those who are now helpless in the face of abuses of power on campuses across the nation.

For over 30 years the Foundation has supported ground-breaking research programmes into liver disease under the direction of Professor Roger Williams, CBE. This work is carried out within the purpose-built Institute of Hepatology located close to the University College London campus. The Institute provides laboratory space for up to 40 scientists. Current areas of research include viral hepatitis, liver cancer, liver inflammation and metabolism, liver cell injury and metabonomic and proteomic studies.

Established as a community foundation, Foundation For The Carolinas is a nonprofit corporation created by and for the people of the Carolinas. We are here to help individuals, families, nonprofits and corporations make a positive impact on their communities. As a public charity, the Foundation offers favorable tax treatment for gifts and a variety of giving methods to help people achieve their charitable goals. Today, the Foundation is one of the largest community foundations in the Southeast and among the top 10 in the United States.

Foundation for the People of Burma (FPB) is the largest, independently-supported, U.S.-based humanitarian organization focusing exclusively on Burma. We have been implementing projects and supporting community-based action since 1999. Our programs provide direct assistance to communities that have been severely affected by injustice. We engage in compassionate, creative and strategic interventions which facilitate positive, long-lasting change for those that face scarcity and lack personal freedom.

Ethiopia as one of the poorest countries on Earth and it depends on help and support, the living situation of thousands / millions of people is and will remain desolate. Foundation Green Ethiopia is a charitable foundation for environment and development in Ethiopia. We help indigent people in Ethiopia's remote, rural areas to take their future into their own hands providing micro-credits for small poor farmers which do not receive loans from any Bank or alternative organization. The credits are granted for seeds, farm animals or tools. The money is granted as non-interest baring 3-year loan, and after pay-back it is provided to a next farmer family. Additionally, this projects includes donation of donkeys as pack-animal to females. We support for peasant associations in Tigray Region on reforestation as long term mean to fight erosion and reclamation of cultivated land. To gain farmers for reforestation, we also support them on short-term water security and plantation of vegetables and fruit trees. Such activities are mainly in collaboration with the women of the peasant association.